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Building a Sanctuary From the Day to Day Hum Drum!
David Reid Homes Building a Future
David Reid Home’s philosophy is to develop and build a home
that offers clients a sanctuary from the day to day ‘hum drum’
of every day life. Brendon says, “Yes, I’d be delighted to have a
chat with clients about building their own special sanctuary.”
New Franchisee Owner Brendon Hamill
David Reid Homes is a quality brand that lets the home
owner express their own individual character and
usability. It is one of the largest building groups in New
Zealand and has won more Master Builder awards than any
other building company. For new franchisee owner Brendon
Hamill, building homes is all about the individuality of the
owners and working in partnership with clients on what they
want in their dream home.
“Right from the start, we sit down and put together a custom
designed plan to achieve the client’s dreams and visions,”
explains Brendon. “We use a unique 10 step building process
that involves the client right throughout and work in partnership
with some of the New Zealand’s leading suppliers, because
quality is important.
“From the time we first step onto the site, we are looking for the
best ways to create a home for that property, ways that take
advantage of its best aspects, like sun and the profile of the
land. Sometimes building sites can be very challenging and
we have to think outside the box for a cost-effective solution.
Delivering quality and space for the desired budget can also be
a challenge and it takes a lot of hands-on-tools building experience
in order to advise correctly.”
Brendon keeps up to date with the many advancements in
the building industry. “I make a point of being right up to date
so I can advise and offer options. One of the areas that I am
currently undertaking is the integration of eco-friendly energy
management into our home designs. With the ever rising cost
of fossil fuels it’s important to build energy conversion systems
into future proofing. Very few products that have come across
my desk actively work. By working, I mean saving the home
owner money at the same time satisfying functionality. Take
solar heating for example. In my opinion it isn’t cost effective.
Everyone wants it but it takes years and years to get a payback
from it, not to mention the maintenance of keeping the system
working. There are more cost effective systems available,
however it does mean you will still need to use non renewable
resources”.
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Below: A very difficult site – With over a 5 metre cut – Using a pylon
based retaining system. This has saved the client well over $20,000
– “It’s important to keep up
with technology”
Says Brendon Hamill
Counties DRH
Franchisee Owner.
Work in progress: Retaining
fence nearing compltetion. Tilt
slabs in place and concrete
floor being poured.